The Tree Of Life (2011): A Meditative Symphony on Life and Death
What to say about The Tree of Life? What not to say about it? How to describe this film? How to express how much this film means to me by using mere words? Why was this universe created? Not how, but why? If it was created because of a natural celestial phenomena then who was behind it? God? Where do we go after we mortally die? If our souls leave our physical body, then do…
La Jetée (1962): A Sensation Frozen in Time
Have we ever solved the puzzle of memory and time? How can a film approach them? Not by providing a solution for sure, but by creating an intricate puzzle of its own. La Jetée, a short film made in 1962, is remarkable for being made completely out of still images. In the words of filmmaker Chris Marker it is a photo-roman (a photographic novel). It tells the story of a man “haunted by an image…
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Movie Review: A Murderous Delight!
I know a few people who simply loathe Wes Anderson’s style of filmmaking. The same that he has followed ever…
Entourage Movie (2015) Review: Hollywood 101 with Ari Gold & The Boys!
A movie star, a manager, a driver, an annoying brother & the one person who babysits them all. Yes! Entourage…
5 to 7 (2014) Review: Cinq à Sept with The Mermaid
“Some of the best writing in New York won’t be found in books, or movies, or plays, but on the benches of Central Park. Read the benches and you understand.” Throughout the film, we will come across random plaques engraved on the benches of Central Park, sometimes signifying the status of the film at that point, sometimes just randomly carrying the plot forward.
Filth (2013) Movie Review: A Monstrous Dirty Gimmick that Works!
Filth is about people swimming in a quagmire of corruption and mental collapse and the ever unraveling mental-catastrophe. I shall not be a douche and say this out loud: Filth is very hard film to like. Remember the scene from Trainspotting where the main character gets inside a filthy toilet and you feel really uncomfortable.
A Brilliant Young Mind (X+Y) (2014) Review
X+Y is endearing, profoundly emotional , little dramatic but more realistic , challenging film done without breaking a sweat. Matthews avoids cliches & stereotypes to create tangible people coping with the pressures of the world around them. Film doesn’t make you think harder, it is not a cerebral film entirely, but simply touches taps the nerve that connects to your heart.
Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015) Movie Review: A Simplistic Love Story
Ketan Mehta’s Manjhi The mountain man is an ordinary film about an extraordinary man. One that needs to be seen just because of the amount of hard-work and zeal this crazy little fellow showed when a hapless incident changed his life for the worse. But when I sit down and fathom over the films overall emotional heft, it comes out as a lost cause. A person like Dashrath Manjhi & an actor like Nawazuddin Siddiqui,…